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Informed Consent: A Poem

Consent; granting permission   Informed consent; granting permission with complete knowledge and complete understanding  Granting permission with complete cognition  Informed consent ______________________________________ I entered this building today Exhaust and sweat Excitement and fear Chaos, controlled chaos Arriving, leaving, then arriving again An inexhaustible stream Blood in and blood out Sadness and anger  Hopes and dreams  Truth and illusions  Beginning and ending Never ceasing  Beginning and ending I entered this building today Cold and hazy Bleak and endless ______________________________________ Informed consent Consent; granting permission  Informed consent; granting permission with complete knowledge and complete understanding  Granting permission with complete cognition  Informed consent ______________________________________ Lying in this bed A tangle of tubes and wires I...